15-16 Basic Statistics on National Railways in Operation

Item

1978

1985

1990

1995

1998

1999

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Length of Railways in Operation     (km)

48618

52119

53378

54616

57584

57923

In Formal Operation

45539

49433

50310

50866

51397

51166

In Temporary Operation

3079

2686

3068

3750

6186

6756

Proportion of the Length in Formal

93.7

94.8

94.3

93.1

89.3

88.3

Operation

       

       

       

       

       

 

Double-Tracking Length              (km)

7630

9989

13024

16909

19673

20925

As Percentage of the Length of Rail-

15.7

19.2

24.4

31.0

34.2

36.1

ways in Operation

       

       

       

       

       

 

Length of Electrified Railways      (km)

1030

4151

6941

9703

12984

14025

As Percentage of Railways in Operation

2.1

8.0

13.0

17.8

22.5

24.2

Length of Diesel Engine Routes      (km)

6550

10822

16097

24749

33974

36859

As Percentage of Railways in Operation

13.5

20.8

30.2

45.3

59.0

63.6

Length Under Centralized Traffic Control

       

1307

1169

1226

2344

1401

As Percentage of Railways in Operation

       

2.5

2.2

2.2

4.1

2.4

Automatic Blocking Length           (km)

5981

6921

10370

12910

21042

17969

As Percentage of Railways in Operation

12.3

13.3

19.4

23.6

36.5

31.2

Semi-automatic Blocking Length      (km)

34759

42625

38832

40859

41360

40788

As Percentage of Railways in Operation

71.5

81.8

72.7

74.8

71.8

70.4

Length of Continuous Welded Rail    (km)

6530

10439

14644

21854

25979

27900

As Percentage of the Trunk Lines

12.2

16.7

21.7

40.0

32.9

34.7

Number of Stations with Electric

1336

2320

3535

4587

5184

5192

Interlocking                    (unit)

       

       

       

       

       

 

As Percentage of Railways Stations

27.7

46.9

62.9

73.9

89.9

90.1

in Operation